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“What Will It Take?” is our main educational project.
The conservation movement has made a good beginning. We now
know that something is wrong. We have become “environmentally aware”.
But does this really amount to much? And are most environmentalists in
danger of losing their way? The current shallow approach cannot
succeed. A new attitude and a wider understanding is required.
We need a deeper approach to nature conservation.
The main problems are:
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The
“me, me, me” psychology: selfishness.
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Overpopulation: there are too many people. In October 1999, the human
population reached 6 billion (there were only 3 billion people in 1960)
and it is still rapidly increasing by 1 million people every four days or
so. More people simply means less space for nature.
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“I want more”: the greed of over-consumption. The richest 20% of the
human population – largely those people living in the developed industrial
countries, such as Britain – consume 80% of the world’s natural
resources.
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